We are excited to deliver free workshops to equip parents, caregivers, and teens. These workshops offer practical, evidence-based psychological strategies to help parents and teens navigate everyday challenges.
Workshops are either offered online via Zoom or at The Kidman Centre, located in Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick. All workshops are presented by an experienced clinical psychologist and are not recorded.
To register for a workshop
Please email Roanna.Chan@uts.edu.au
When emailing, please let us know the workshops you wish to attend. If you choose to attend the workshop online, you will receive a Zoom link on the morning of the workshop.
2025 workshops
WORKSHOP 1
Raising Resilient Kids: Helping Children Manage Anxiety
Tuesday 27 MAY 2025 – (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of children aged 6–12
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to support your child’s anxiety using practical tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). This workshop explains the science behind anxiety and introduces strengths-based strategies that help children challenge unhelpful thinking and build brave behaviours.
WORKSHOP 2
Teen Anxiety (Part 1): Understanding Worry and Thinking Traps
Tuesday 10 JUNE 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of teens aged 12–18
DESCRIPTION: Does your teen get stuck in their worries? In this first session of our two-part series, we unpack the science of anxiety and explore how to support teens using CBT-based strategies to manage worry, rumination, and unhelpful thinking patterns.
WORKSHOP 3
Teen Anxiety (Part 2): Building Confidence with Exposure Strategies
Wednesday 9 JULY 2025 (4 to 5PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of teens aged 12–18
DESCRIPTION: Building on Part 1, this session focuses on how to support teens in facing their fears—like public speaking or social situations—using step-by-step exposure therapy techniques. Learn how to create an exposure hierarchy to reduce avoidance and build confidence.
WORKSHOP 4
Making Space for Anxiety: Tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Monday 4 August 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of anxious children or teens
DESCRIPTION: This workshop introduces practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help young people make room for anxiety, rather than fight it. We’ll explore mindfulness, defusion strategies, and values-based actions that support emotional flexibility.
WORKSHOP 5
Body Calm: Relaxation Skills to Support Emotional Distress
Tuesday 26 August 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers
DESCRIPTION: Does your child experience nausea, muscle tension, a racing heart, or other physiological signs of distress? This workshop explores body-based coping tools including progressive muscle relaxation, calming breath techniques, grounding skills, and mindfulness to help regulate the body’s response to stress.
WORKSHOP 6
Tech-Smart Parenting: Creating Healthy Screen Time Habits
Tuesday 16 September 2025 (4 to 5PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of children and teens
DESCRIPTION: Held during the school holidays, this workshop will help you develop balanced screen time routines with your kids. Learn how to create a family plan, understand common apps, and build healthier digital habits that support mental wellbeing.
WORKSHOP 7
Supporting Teens with Low Mood and Suicide Risk
Wednesday 1 October 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of teens
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to support teens experiencing low mood and navigate conversations around suicide safely. This session explores the cycle of low mood and offers practical, evidence-based strategies for checking in, building connection, and opening difficult conversations with care.
WORKSHOP 8
Helping Teens with ADHD: Tools to Support Executive Functioning
Tuesday 11 November 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: Parents and caregivers of teens with ADHD
DESCRIPTION: Executive functioning plays a key role in ADHD. This workshop introduces practical tools used in therapy—like planners, visual timetables, verbal warnings, and scaffolds—to help teens improve organisation, focus, and independence.
WORKSHOP 9
Putting It All Together: A Clinical Psychologist’s Guide to Supporting Your Child
Tuesday 2 December 2025 (6 to 7PM)
WHO IS THIS FOR: All parents and caregivers
DESCRIPTION: Want to know how it all fits together? In this final session, a clinical psychologist shares five key evidence-based strategies to support children’s emotional wellbeing—covering thoughts, feelings, behaviours, body signals, and the role of family connection.
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Other presentations and workshops
We have a long history of developing custom programs, presentations and workshops on demand. If you have a particular requirement or program in mind that you would like to explore with us, we'd love to hear from you.
Phone: +61 2 9514 4077
Fax: +61 2 9399 3068
Roanna.Chan@uts.edu.au